Sforza‚ known as Ludovico Il Moro‚ Duke of Milan. She was the subject of Leonardo’s painting “The Lady With An Ermine”. While posing for this painting Cecilia invited Leonardo‚ who was working for Sforza as court artist‚ to meetings at which Milanese intellectuals discussed philosophy and other subjects. At the time this was happening‚ Cecilia was only 17. “The Lady With An Ermine” has been heavily painting but does not capture the viewer’s eye straight away. It consists of Cecilia Gallerani
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From first glance of the Las Meninas painting‚ my eyes go to the center‚ down front‚ where a princess is being offered a drink and gives off an air of not being interested. Not too near to her‚ almost at the margin of the picture‚ a woman dwarf‚ and a boy bothers a tired dog‚ which disregards the torments. There is a woman in middle ground talks to a man who seems to be ignoring her while instead he looks directly at the viewer. Further in the back‚ a courtier in all black prepares to leave; his
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years‚ splitting his time between copying old masters in the Louvre and immersing himself in a modern art scene that was‚ in the years before World War I. Benton’s primary type of arwork was painting. He used sketches as the basis for his paintings‚ and he built small clay models‚ or maquettes‚ for each painting. Style of Art/Period in History Thomas Benton’s period of art was Social realism‚ American realism‚ American modernism‚ Modern art‚ Regionalism. Benton’s vivid‚ stylized portrayal of pre-industrial
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looking at Curtis Kelly’s work called “Runway”‚ she utilizes geometric shapes like you have never seen it before. The colorful chic oil on canvas painting has irregular yet often a wide variety of shapes that is seen in her work of art. The lines are going everywhere. From diagonal‚ to horizontal‚ to broken lines‚ you name it. This oil on canvas painting portrays a diversity in many colors. It almost seems as if a rainbow overcame this runway and burst open. When viewing it at first‚ I was not so
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Paleolithic era of hunting and gathering. For example‚ when art historians look at the cave paintings in the Lascaux Cave in France‚ some believe what they are seeing is a religious ritual where the hunters are asking the gods or deities for a successful hunt. They base this conclusion by comparing the size and detail of the animals vs. the smaller size and lack of detail in the people. When you look at the cave painting this does make sense. Here you have sticklike small men shooting arrows into
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Abstract Thoughts The mentality behind the Cubist painter was to reject the work of artists who made what society wanted to view as art. Instead of painting for the basics of conventional art‚ Cubist painters used shapes and formed movement from placing objects in different angles to create a completely new artistic perspective. Gertrude Stein‚ a modernist writer of the 20th century‚ rejected the expectations of a society that required writing to represent the speech of language. Just as the cubist
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good example is a model of our solar system. Performance art is another type this consists of Theatrical plays and the. Painting was my favorite one to discover and research‚ because I did not realize there are as many ways to paint as there are. Like‚ oil pastel‚ chalk pastel‚ water colors‚ acrylic‚ water based‚ oil based‚ fabric painting‚ canvas painting‚ and finally glass painting to name a few. I know you don’t want to hear it but graffiti is also considered an art form. Don’t tell my children that
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restoration and conservation of these pieces of art is not always an easy process‚ and can possibly create more damage than it is actually worth. People want to be able to actually see the historic paintings in person today‚ centuries after they were created. If no attempts were ever made to restore the paintings from the Renaissance‚ all that we would have left would be these pictures in books and on the web. This is a worldwide issue‚ that affects not only artists all over the world‚ but also students
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He also served in the war while painting the destruction that had occurred. Four large war scenes were acclaimed. He was accompanied by Canadian troops in the Hundred Days offensive from Amiens‚ France to Mons‚ Belgium. Varley’s words about the war described what the members of the Group of Seven felt. “[war] forever tainted [us] with its abortiveness and its cruel drama.” Varley was deeply disturbed by the war. The war paintings had brought him to the forefront painters in
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that of color‚ light and shadow‚ and space. These are the primary elements most apparent‚ though other elements are present in the painting as well. This particular piece is not so concerned with incorporating background into telling the story‚ as it is blurred and somewhat distorted. The concentration of the piece is directed to the figures presented in the painting and the story being depicted. The use of light and shadow are what catches the viewer’s eye first as the face of St. Peter and the
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